PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Veterans: Homelessness (4 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) introduce, (b) manage and (c) monitor the effectiveness of the Homes for Heroes scheme.

Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)

On 24 September, the Prime Minister announced an ambition to house all veterans in housing need.

As a result, the Department will bring forward changes to social housing allocations regulations to exempt all veterans, along with young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse, from local connection and residency tests to improve their access to social rented housing.

We have also written to local authorities to explain these changes in more detail, and to remind them of existing guidance on improving access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces and victims of domestic abuse.

Answered by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
9 October 2024